new Species of African Lycsenidas. 267 



of anterior wings and on tlie hind margins of all the wings ; a 

 large oval spot at the end of the cell of the posterior wings ; 

 on the under surface the border does not quite reach the 

 hinder angle of the anterior wings. Fringes grey, with a 

 blackish line at the base, separated from the broad border 

 by a whitish submarginal line. 



Legs yellow ; abdomen white : antennae black, ringed with 

 white ; club black, tipped with yellow. 



Hah. Cameroons [Preuss). 



In the collection of Dr. Staudinger. 



Tingra lavinia. 



Exp. 1;^ inch. 



Male. — Upperside white, with rather large black spots on the 

 costa towards the apex of fore wings, at the ends of all the cells, 

 and at the ends of the nervures on all the hind margins, and 

 one nearer the base above the cells ; under this, on the anterior 

 wings only, is occasionally another spot in the cell on the 

 underside ; extreme base of the wings slightly stained with 

 yellow ; apex of anterior wings slightly bordered with ashy 

 above. 



In the collections of the British Museum (Gaboon) and Dr. 

 Staudinger (Ogowe) . 



Allied to T. torrida, Kirb., but a larger, paler, and broader- 

 winged insect. 



Tingra laura. 



Exp. 1^ to 1^ inch. 



Male. — Upperside white, tinged with tawny at base. Ante- 

 rior wings: costa irrorated with black, tip ashy to the lowest 

 submedian nervule, its upper part edged within with three 

 black spots, nearly lost in the ashy colouring ; another spot at 

 end of cell, two small ones in the cell, on one side only, and two 

 on the disk opposite the lowest part of the border. Posterior 

 wings with a spot on the costa above the cell, and another at 

 its extremity ; other spots on the under surface showing 

 faintly through. 



Underside white, tinged with yellow on the costa and at 

 the apex of the anterior wings, and on the posterior wings, 

 chiefly at base and tip ; hind margins spotted with black on 

 the nervures. Anterior wings with a row of spots above the 

 cell (only one distinct, the costa being irrorated with black), 

 one at the end of the cell, and two submarginal rows at the 

 apex, the outermost (nearly straight) of three larger, and the 

 innermost (oblique) of four smaller spots. Posterior wings 



